An appellate court puts the final seal on Ulbricht’s life sentence, rejecting arguments about corrupt investigators and the injustice of his harsh sentence. The post Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Loses His Life Sentence Appeal appeared first on...

This week the Chinese company and mining pool, Viabtc has announced the launch of a new cryptocurrency trading platform called Viabtc.cn. The announcement follows the startup’s recent series A funding back in March which is now being used to expand domestic cryptocurrency trading in China. Also read: Use of Bitcoin in Ecuador Continues to Grow Despite Government Ban Mining Pool Viabtc Launches Chinese Bitcoin and Ethereum...

Just recently Bitcoin.com reported on a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) written by Calvin Rechner that was recently submitted to the developer’s mailing list. There is another plan in the works initiated by Bitcoin developer and Bloq CEO, Jeff Garzik, that aims to combine Segwit and a 2MB block size increase. On May 30 Garzik addressed the community detailing his thoughts on bitcoin’s current throughput issues and the...